Re: [Gm2] Solaris 10 x86 update

[John Long]

Gaius,

The supplied gnu shared libraries are not in the standard PATH and not in the
loader PATH on Solaris because they are not part of the OS and not required
for most of Solaris and its apps. PATH hell is alive and well on Solaris 10.

I often have to specify specific include and sometimes runpaths for
these. The gnu stuff is usually found in /usr/swf/lib and
/usr/sfw/include. If you do something like

export PATH=/usr/sfw/bin:$PATH
export CFLAGS="-I/usr/sfw/include"
export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/sfw/lib"

it often helps standard builds that need gnu bits and pieces. For Tcl I
think I even had to runpath to /usr/local/lib for some reason.

Whatever you do, don't rely on LD_LIBRARY_PATH. I am told by people "in the
know" this is a cardinal sin on Solaris. Runpath on the build always seems
to take care of it.

I have no idea if this is the problem but I hope it helps.

/jl

On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 02:38:57PM +0100, Gaius Mulley wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I thought I'd post a status report about the Solaris 10 x86 port.
> The compiler sources from the git repro build, but the install fails
> and many regression tests fail.  It seems the shared libraries are
> not being found - probably a bug in my ./configure parameters.  Also
> likely are some bash isms in certain scripts.
> 
> Here is the state of play:
> 
>                 === gm2 Summary ===
> 
> # of expected passes            6600
> # of unexpected failures        1645
> # of unresolved testcases       1531
> 
> 
> My plan of action is firstly to update the gm2.texi with the build
> instructions for Solaris 10.  Thereafter to try the configure parameters
> and check machine generated source files (SYSTEM.def).  Hopefully anyone
> interested can also comment on the build instructions and configure
> parameters and point out errors.  Despite the huge number of errors
> above - I feel confident gm2 will work on this platform - the shared
> library issues currently hole below the water line for most tests.
> 
> regards,
> Gaius
> 
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